You remember Jay R. Grodner don’t you? I wrote about this scum bag “radical liberal” Chicago lawyer here and here.

Well, on Friday he had his day in court. But, as John Kass from the Chicago Tribune notes, so did the Marines:

“I don’t run my courtroom that way!” responded Judge William O’Malley, ordering Grodner be arrested and held on $20,000 bail when he arrived. Finally, Grodner strolled in. A short man, wide, wearing a black fedora, dark glasses, a divorce lawyer dressed like some tough guy in the movies.

Grodner told me he’d describe himself as a “radical liberal” who’s ready to leave Chicago now with all this negative publicity and move to the south of France and do some traveling.

Judge O’Malley has also traveled, but in his youth. He was a police officer on the West Side during the riots before law school. And before that, he performed another public service. Judge O’Malley served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1961-1964.

A courtroom packed with Marines, and a former Marine on the bench? And just for good measure, the prosecutors were veterans, too — Patrick Kelly was a Marine and Arunas Buntinas was a Special Forces Officer.
Damned I wish I could have been there.

Grodner actually got of lightly. The deal he copped to with the prosecution: one year Social Service Supervision, restitution of $600 to be paid to Social Services and which will go to the Injured Marine Semper Fi fund, to be paid by February 25th, 2008, and $50/month in supervision fees.

I love the judge’s warning of what will happen if Grodner doesn’t meet the details of the agreement:

I’m telling you right now, if you violate any conditions of this supervision, you’re going to jail for 364; and, you can count on that.

Judge William P. O’Malley is now officially one of my favorite people ever. A former Marine, a former cop, and now a judge? This guy is the law!

Go over to Black Five and read their entire account — and make sure you don’t miss the court transcripts.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Sunday, January 20th, 2008 | Trackback |